Brake-hanger support



19 1929'. v HARBERT 1,705,519

BRAKE HANGER SUPPORT 7 Filed Aug. 21, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l I 1 'EI'II* 3 E f l March 19, 1929. v, HARBERT BRAKE HANGER SUPPORT Filed Aug. 21, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ill 52%; N/ 7!. 5 1

Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

VICTOR H. HARBERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO E. PA YSON SMITH, 0E

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

BRAKE-HANGER SUPPORT.

Application filed August 21. 1926. Serial No. 130,609.

My invention relates to means whereby the brake beams and the brake-shoes are pende ently secured to the side frames of the truck of a railroad car.

The object of my invention is to provide means of a simple nature which will permit easy assembly and disassembly and whereby wear on the truck side-frame will be prevented and all frictional cont-act due to the swinging movement of the hangers will be encountered and taken care of by the keeper element of the device.

The objects and advantages of my invention Will be readily apparent from the detailed description of the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a transverse section through a portion of a truck side frame showing the upper end of a brake hanger with my' improved supporting means.

Figure 2 is an end elevation looking at the left hand end of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking downwardly.

Figure 4c is a vertical sectional view taken ,on the line 44 of. Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of my improved keeper or retainer element employed in Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a sectional view similar to Figure 1, showing a modification of the invention.

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 77 of Figure 6; looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring generally to the various figures in the drawings, it will be noted that the invention is disclosed in connection with a truck side frame, a portion whereof is shown at 10, provided with an integrally formed brake hanger arm or bracket 11, which is enlarged or of comparative thickness. This enlarged portion is provided with a downwardly sloping slot or opening extending transversely to provide the bifurcations or upper and lower jaws 12, 13, spaced apart to provide a suitable opening adapted to receive the keeper element shown in detail in Figure 5.

The lower jaw or bifurcation 13 at an intermediate point is shown provided with an apertured lip or projection 1t sloping downwardly on its upper face; and the ends are formed to provide the upstanding shoulders 15', 15, extending above the plane of the lower end of the sloping slot or opening.

For sake of lightness, the enlarged portion of the arm or bracket, namely the jaw formmg portion, may be of the more or less skeleton formation shown in Figures 3 and 4.

It is, of course, understood that the arm or bracket 11 projects inwardly from the truck s1de frame with the enlarged jaw forming portiondisposed toward the wheels. The slot or opening between the upper and-lower jaws 18 formed to extend slightly below the forward outer end of the lower jaw 13, as well as the tops of the shoulders 15 and the top of the hp 14, as can clearly be seen in Figures 2 and 4:.

My improved supporting means, as disclosed in Figures 1 to 5, is intended for use with the U-shape hanger, a portion whereof 1S shown at 16; namely the type of hanger having upper eyeleted ends 17. The upper bifurcation or jaw 12, at predetern'iined spaced apart points, is socketed or formed to receive the enlarged upper eyeleted ends of the U-shape banger, while the lower aw 13 is vertically slotted as shown at 18. to permit the necessary free oscillatory movement of the hanger. I

in Figure 5, 1 illustrate the type of retainer element employed with the U-shape hanger L shown in Figure l.

The retainer element 19 is in the nature of a block formed with a horizontally disposed fiat upper portion 5-20 and the downwardly sloping surface 21, while the bottom. of the element 19 is also made sloping as shown at 22. That is to say, the element 19 is formed to lit into the downwardly sloping slot or opening between the upper and lower jaw members '12 and 13 as well as to correspond with the slope of the upper face of the lip 14, so as to fit more or less snugly between the jaws or bifurcations 12, 13. I

The retainer element 19 is slotted transversely from what may be termed the inner longitudinal edge thereof, as shown at 23, 23; the slots extending through from top to bottom and terminating adjacent to the horizontally disposed portion or face 20.

The inner longitudinal end of the element 19 on opposite sides of the slots 23, 23 is shown rounded at 24, to correspond with the rounded inner end of the pocket or opening between the jaw portions of the bracket or arm on the side frame; while the intermediate part of the inner lon itudinal end is shown as preferably provi ed with the projection or ip 25 which extends into a small socket or pocket formed at 26 in the arm or bracket. With this lip 25 extending into the pocket formed in the arm or bracket 11, proper centering or placing of the retainer is ensured and longitudinal movement or play of the retainer will be prevented.

The retainer element is provided with a pin receiving opening 27 extending longitudinally therethrough adjacent to the inner longitudinal end of the element and therefore intersecting the slots 23, 23, as clearly shown in Figure 5; while the outer longitudinal end of the retainer element is provided with a vertically disposed opening 28 extending therethrough and which is adapted to register with a hole in the lip 14 of the lower jaw when the element has been properly put in place; the registering holes in the retainer element and in the lip being intended to receive a bolt 29, the lower end whereof is preferably provided with a nut 30. It is apparent that the retainer element will be locked in place by the bolt and lateral oscillatory movement of the element will be prevented by the lip 25 as well as by the upstanding end walls 15, 15 formed on the lower jaw 13, which extend upwardly so as to lap the ends of the retainer element and partially, at least, cover the opening 27 and thus prevent longitudinal movement of the hanger pin 31, see Figures 1 and 3.

The supporting means is very easily applied and assembled by inserting the eyeleted ends of the hanger (when the U-shape hanger is employed) in the slots 23, of the retainer element 19 and then passing pin 31 through the registering holes and eyes of the retainer element and the yoke or hanger; the retainer element with the upper end of the hanger are then inserted between the inclined jaws 12, 13, on the arm or bracket 11 of the side 'trame the retainer element 19 being properly seated, it is then locked in place by the bolt 29.

In Figures 6 and 7, I show a modification of my retainer element adapted for use in connection with the continuous link type of hanger shown at 32. The arm or bracket 11, on the truck side-frame 10 and the jaws or bifurcation 12 and 13, are all similar to the construction previously described, so that either type of hanger may be employed.

The retainer element in this instance consists of the correlated portions 33, 34 having the same general configuration when assembled as the single piece retainer dlemcnt 19 in the previously described construction and adapted to fit into the pocket or socketbetween the jaws or bifurcations in the same manner as heretofore stated. That is to say, the retainer is made of the upper portion 33, ha g the substantially semi-circnalr socket on .ndin throu hout its len th while L) b 23 7 lower portion 34 likewise has a substantially semi-circular socket throughout its length; the sockets in both portions when assembled receiving the upper end of the link hanger 32.

In order to prevent shifting of the portions 33, 3t, on each other, I prefer to provide both portions with the abutting shoulder portions as at 35; and both portions at the outer ends are apertured to receive the retaining pin or bolt 29 which also passes through the apertured lip or extension 14 formed integral with the lower jaw and the bracket or arm on the truck side-frame as in the previously described construction.

It is apparent in both constructions shown, that all wear and bothupward and downward thrusts are entirely takenby my improved retainer element and therefore no wear on the integral portions of the truck side-frame are encountered, and at the same time easy assembly and disassembly of the elements may be made; while the downwardly sloping faces of the jaws tend to retain the keeper element properly in its socket and therefore place the retaining pin or bolt under very little, if any, strain.

The constructions shown in the drawings, which are believed to be the best embodiments of my invention, have been described in terms employed merely as terms of description and not as terms 0t limitation, as modifications may be made without, however, departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a truck side frame provided with an arm provided with a pair of vertically spaced lugs extending laterally from one side of the arm With the opposing faces of the lugs arranged in sloping parallel relation, said lugs constituting a pair of jaws, the jaws at spaced apart registering points having vertically disposed slots, a brake hanger, akeeper element formed to slide between said jaws and provided with sockets extending longitudinally from end to end intermediate of the top and bottom surfaces.

2. In a brake hanger support, retainer means provided with a pair of longitudinally spaced sockets extending transversely from the inner longitudinal side, said means adjacent to said longitudinal side being cored to provide a socket extending longitudinally from end to end.

3. In a brake hanger support, a retainer element comprising an elongated block pro vided with a pair of transversely arranged spaced sockets extending from one longitudinal side of the block, the block being provided with an opening extending from end to end and intersecting said sockets, and a vertically disposed pin receiving hole adjacent to the other longitudinal side.

4t. In combination with a brake-hanger, a truck side-frame provided with an arm provided with a pair of vertically spaced lugs measure extending outwardly from one side, the ends of the lower lug being provided with upwardly disposed shoulders, the lugs at laterally spaced apart registering points being vertically slotted to pendently receive the brakehanger, a keeper-element insertible between the lugs and provided with a hanger or pin receiving opening extending longitudinally therethrough intermediate of the top and bottom faces.

5. In a brake hanger support, a retainer element comprising a pair of correlated members adapted to fit flush one on top of the other, with the abutting faces each provided. with a groove extending from end to end of each member to provide a pin or hanger receiving opening, and means for securing the members together.

6. In a brake hanger support, a retainer element composed of a pair of complementary blocks arranged one above the other and provided with abutting shoulders intermediate of the longitudinal sides, the contacting faces of the blocks being each provided with a semi-circular groove to provide a pin or hanger receiving opening extending from end to end of the element, and means whereby the two blocks are clamped together.

7 In a brake hanger support, the combination of a brake-hanger, a truck side-frame provided with an arm having a downwardly sloping slot arranged transversely of the arm to provide upper and lower jaw portions, the inner. end of the slot at an intermediate point being formed to provide a pocket, the lower jaw portion being vertically slotted at laterally spaced apart points to receive the upper end of the hanger, with a retainer element, adapted to fit between the jaw portions, provided with a pin or hanger receiving hole extending from end to end intermediate of the upper and lower faces adjacent to the inner longitudinal side of the element and having vertically disposed slots adapted to register with the vertical slots in the arm, the inner longitudinal side of the element at an intermediate point being formed to enter said pocketin the arm, and means disposed through said element and an aperture in the arm whereby the element is locked in place.

8. Brake hanger supporting means comprising a laterall extending arm, one end whereof is secure to the frame of a railroad car truck, the other end of the arm being formed to provide verticallyspaced parallel portions, and hanger holding means consisting of a pair of complementary plates, pro vided with a longitudinally extending groove adapted to receive a hanger supporting pin and end of a link hanger.

9. Brake hanger supporting means comprising an arm secured to the truck frame of a railroad car, the outer end of the arm having' vertically spaced parallel portions extending laterally from one side of the arm, a pair of plates adapted to be inserted between said parallel portions, said plates having matching surfaces whereby transverse movement of one plate on the other is prevented, said plates being longitudinally grooved to receivethe end of a hanger and a hanger supportin pin.

10. rake hanger supporting means comprising a horizontally disposed arm secured at one end to the car truck While the outer end is provided with spaced parallel portions, a pair of complementary plates adapted to fit between said portions, the opposing faces of the two plates being formed to provide a hanger and a hanger supporting pin receiving groove, and means for locking said plates between said portions.

11. In brake hanger supporting means, a pair of plates adapted to be placed in superposed relation, the opposing faces being grooved to provide a hanger and a hanger supporting in channel and having interengaging sur aces whereby transverse movement of the one on the other is prevented.

12. In brake hanger supporting means, a pair of complementarv plates adapted to be placed in superposed relation, the opposing faces of the plates being provided with means for preventing transverse movement of one plate on the other, said means being provided with a longitudinal channel to receive a brake hanger and a brake hanger supporting pin.

13. In brake hanger supporting means, a

pair of flat sided plates adapted to be placed face to face in superposed relation, the opposing flat faces of each plate being grooved to provide a longitudinal channel to receive a hanger and a hanger supporting pin, and means whereby the two plates are held in superposed relation.

VICTOR H. HARBERT. 

